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Cooking book

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The ultimate cooking book with recipes from your favorite housemates!

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Snacks!

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Eggy Wraps

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 15 eggs
  • 10 wraps
  • Paste of your choice e.g., Gochujang, pesto, sweet chilli sauce, etc..
  • 1o tbsp oil

Check at home:

  • Gochujang or
  • Pesto and/or
  • Sweet chilli sauce
  • Salsa
  • Wraps
  • Eggs
  • Oil

Variations:

  • Add some cheese on top of the egg
  • Add some spring onions/ basil/ herb of choice

This is an eggcellent recipe. Thank me later. Also watch Rupaul’s drag race to see drag queens Trixie Mattel and Ginger Minj sing about the beauty of the humble oeuf.

Author: Grace Iroagalachi

Preparation: Whisk the eggs in a sizeable bowl. Season to taste. Aim for about 1.5 eggs per wrap. Spread the paste on one side of the wrap

Heat 1tbsp of oil per wrap in a frying pan. Pour about 1.5 egg per wrap in the heated pan. Place the wrap in the liquid egg, with the paste side of the wrap first. Wait 3 minutes till the egg is more cooked and flip the wrap to brown the other side.

At this point you may add some cheese, spring onions, basil, chives, or some other herb of your choosing. The wrap is ready when the non-paste side in golden brown. Serve immediately.

Prep time: 5 min

Cooking time: 10 min

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Parsnip Croquettes

Makes enough for 14p friettafel.

Filling pt. 1

  • 500g parsnip
  • Olive oil
  • 50g butter
  • 6 sjallots, finely diced
  • 40g finely grated radishes, most of the water squished out.

Filling pt. 2

  • 50g butter
  • Flower
  • Milk
  • Mustard
  • Worchestershire sauce
  • 150g Cheese
  • Nutmeg
  • Pepper & Salt

For the jacket

  • 100g flower
  • 3 eggs
  • Breadcrumbs

A delicious veggie alternative to the famous Kroket.

Author: Tamme Engelbertus Boxman

Preparation: Preheat the oven at 160 C. Skin the parsnips, cover them in some olive oil and put them into the oven for 1.5h. Dice them up to let them cool down afterwards and then puree them.

Stirfry the sjalots until golden brown in the butter.

Now make the bechamelsauce. Melt the butter and whisk the flower through it until it barely stays a liquid. Then add the milk until it has the viscosity of your choice, season with Worchest. Sauce and mustard to taste. Add some nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste and finish by adding the cheese.

Add the sjalots and radishes to the bechamelsauce, then add the pureed parsnip and put it into the fridge to cool down. Once cooled down put it on baking paper in strokes and put it in the freezer for an hour.

Do the famous Flower, Egg, Breadcrumbs like the Jeugd van Tegenwoordig and put them back into the freezer for a bit.

Deepfry them at 180 C until golden brown.

Prep time: 35 min

Cooking time: 2.5 hours

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Dinner Time

Vegetarian

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Greek Salad

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 2 Lettuce Bags from the Lidl
  • Two Bags of Tomato’s
  • 2 Cucumbers
  • 1 Feta
  • 2 large red onions
  • Salt, Pepper, Oregano, Basil

Check at home:

  • Olive oil
  • Red wine vinegar
  • Herbs

Veggie option:

A good addition is a spicy vegetarian sausage ;) or any kind of meat replacement product.

If you want to go double Dutch, add some potatoes.

Variations:

  • Add Paprika
  • Leave Feta

This sexy and refreshing southern Europe delicacy makes a great addition to any dinner prepared for the house. It’s not just rich and juicy because of its various vegetables, but also a healthy alternative to your standard student meals.

Author: Tina Naumann

Preparation: Cut the Cucumber, Tomato’s, Red onions and the feta in small squares and mix it with the Lettuce.

For the dressing mix 3-4 Table spoons of Olive oil with 2 Table spoons of red wine vinegar. Add a table spoons of salt and pepper and half a table spoons of Oregano and Basil. Mix it well and try to see whether you need any additions. If you are feeling naughty add a tiny bit of freshly pressed lemon juice. 

Prep time: 15min

Cooking time: 0min

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Chickpea cauliflower curry

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 2 cauliflowers
  • 3 cans of chickpeas
  • 3 cans tomato cubes
  • 3 cans of coconut milk
  • 3 limes
  • 6 chili peppers
  • 1kg basmati rice

Check at home:

  • Garlic
  • Onions
  • Olive oil
  • Spices: Curcuma, coriander, paprika, chili etc. (or just curry madras) 
  • Ginger.

Variations:

  • Consider making a spicy and non-spicy pan
  • You could add some spinach or paprika
  • Too lazy to cook rice? Buy naan bread

Hurry! Go make a curry!

Author: Laundry detergent thief?

Preparation: Cut the cauliflowers into small pieces, leak and wash the chickpeas. Next cut the chili pepper, garlic and onion into very small pieces. Grate the ginger and mix with the spices, preferably using a blender type thing, to create the curry paste. Add some lime for freshness.

Add some oil to a nice big pan, after this has warmed up, add the curry paste and fry for a while. Add the cauliflower and bake this until everything is covered in curry paste. Add the tomato cubes, coconut milk and some extra lime juice. Let this simmer until the cauliflower is almost done, after which you add the chickpeas to warm them up completely. During all of this find the time to boil water for rice and make the rice. Ask Thijs for help with the rice when in doubt.

  

Prep time: 20 min

Cooking time: 30 min

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Nacho dish

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 4 cans of kidney beans 
  • 4 cans of sweet corn
  • 3 big carrots
  • 4 zucchini
  • 5 paprikas
  • 2 packages sieved tomatoes
  • 3 bags of nacho chips
  • 2-3 packages sprinkled cheese
  • 3 packages crème fraïche

Check at home:

  • Olive oil
  • Onions
  • Garlic
  • Ground cumin
  • Paprika powder
  • Pepper and salt

Variations:

  • Don't be shy with the spices
  • If you like spicy, add chili pepper or even cayenne
  • If you can't live without meat, add minced meat (instead of courgette)

Nacho problem? Nacho dish!

Author: Anouk Beursgens

Preparation: Cut the carrot and onion in really small pieces. Cut the zucchini and paprika in pieces. Make the garlic small.

Preheat the oven at 200 degrees

Add olive oil to a big pan and fruit the garlic and onions until they sweat. Add the carrot. After 1 minute, add the spices and stir. Add the zucchini and paprika and bake for a few minutes. Add the sieved tomatoes. When the mixture has boiled (while stiring!) for a minute or two, add the beans and corn. After 5 more minutes the mixture is done.

Divide the mixture over the casseroles. Put half of the sprinkled cheese over the mixtures. Then divide the nacho chips such that the casseroles are covered. Top off with the remaining sprinkled cheese.

Put in the oven for 15 minutes.

Serve with crème fraîche to the side. 

Prep time: 15 min

Cooking time: 15 min

Oven time: 15 min

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Eastern Germany’s War Pasta

Ingredients for 1 person: (you will be the only one wanting to eat it)

  • 100 Gramm Spaghetti
  • 1 Onion
  • Half a Cucumber
  • 200 Gramm Ketchup
  • 0,1 L Milk
  • 10 Gramm Salt
  • 0,5 Gramm Pepper

Check at home:

  • Onions
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Variations:

  • None

An authentic Eastern German dish, as made during the Cold War and Russia's occupation of eastern Germany.

Author: Tina Naumann

Preparation:

Start heating water, when boiling add the Spaghetti and let it cook for about 7-8 minutes.

In the meantime, cut the onion and the cucumber in small cubes.

Add both to a frying pan and immediately after add the Ketchup and Milk. Stir it until it becomes a coherent looking sauce. When done mix it with the Spaghetti and enjoy!

Prep time: 5 min

Cooking time: 10 min

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Spanakopita

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 3Tbsp olive oil
  • 4 onions
  • 10 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 Tbsp fresh oregano or 1Tbsp dried oregano
  • 1.2 kg spinach or silver beet
  • 1.25kg (5 packets), chopped
  • White Greek style salad cheese, crumbled
  • 1.2kg (6 tubs) cottage cheese
  • ½ cup yoghurt
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 packets (about 900g) filo pastry sheets
  • 100g Sunflower seeds

Check at home:

  • Onions
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Yoghurt
  • Silver beet (in the garden)
  • Oregano

A classic Greek dish, this spinach and feta filo pie is real winner. If available, use silver beet (Snijbiet) instead of spinach for a smoother flavour. Kali Oreksi! That’s Bone Apple Teeth in Greek.

Author: Finn Lee

Preparation: Pre-heat oven to 180°C on fan bake.

In a large, wide pot, fry onions, garlic, pepper, and oregano in olive oil until golden brown.

Add spinach with a dash of water and cook until wilted with the lid on (approximately 5 minutes)

Add in the white Greek style salad cheese, cottage cheese, and yoghurt. Cook for 7 minutes until the cheeses are melted.

Stir in the eggs quickly so that they combine well.

Arrange the filo pastry in two deep baking dishes: brush around some olive oil,, sprinkle some sunflower seeds, add two layers of filo pastry, then repeat. Try to divide the filo pastry so that you get about 2/3 on the bases of the two dishes.

Spread the spinach cheese mix over the filo in the dishes, then layer the remaining pastry over the top, layering intermittently with oil and sunflower seeds.

Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the pastry turns golden brown.

Prep time: 30 min

Cooking time: 15 min

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Cheese n’ Mac

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1 kg macaroni pasta
  • 200g butter
  • 200g plain flour
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 L milk
  • 2.5 Tbsp mustard
  • 1kg Gouda cheese, grated
  • 200g Grana Padano cheese, grated
  • 300g panko breadcrumbs

Check at home:

  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Nutmeg
  • Mustard
  • Flour
  • Butter
  • Macaroni

Some speaketh, that this victual doth exist but in the mythus of ancient Italy, or the fever dreams of Bourgondiërs, but, if thou sleekest the good truth, shrouded by mists of hearsay and rumour, then seek no more! Though shallt find this legendary dish… Upon the revered pages of this very scroll.

Author: Finn Lee

Preparation: Pre-heat oven to 180°C on fan bake and prepare two large baking dishes by greasing them with a little butter.

Boil the macaroni pasta in water, drain once cooked.

Melt butter in one of the largest pots.

Add flower to butter then str well to make a roux. Use medium-high heat and cook the flour in the butter until it browns very slightly and starts to taste and smell a little nutty.

Sir in the nutmeg, pepper, and salt.

Add the milk bit by bit, whisking the whole time to avoid lumps forming.

Keep whisking until the sauce thickens. This may take some time; trust the process!

Once the sauce has thickened, whisk in the mustard, then add the grated Gouda cheese. Stir thoroughly to combine.

Combine the pasta with the cheese sauce.

In a small bowl, combine the breadcrumbs with the grated Grana Padano cheese.

Spread the Macaroni cheese sauce mix into the pre-prepared baking dishes, then sprinkle the breadcrumb cheese mixture over the top.

Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the tops have turned golden brown.

Prep time: 20 min

Cooking time: 25 min

Meat option:

  • Get 400g of spekjes, fry them separately, then mix into the pasta before baking, or alternatively as a garnish for those that would like them.
  • If you’re feeling especially classy, use spam instead of spekjes!

Variations:

  • Dice and fry 3 onions until golden brown. Add to the cheese sauce just before you add the cheese.

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Ma’akouda potato patties

Ingredients for x people:

  • 1kg potatoes
  • 1 Tbsp cumin
  • 1 Tbsp black pepper
  • ½ Tbsp onion powder or ¼ of a chopped onion
  • 1 tsp minced garlic or gar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup regular flour
  • vegetable oil for frying
  • 1 cup regular flour for dusting

Check at home:

  • Potatoes
  • Spices
  • Vegetable oil

Author: Yass

Use a soft skin potato so that you can keep the skin on (that's where all the nutrients are!). Scrub them well and then place in a pan. Boil the potatoes until soft, remove from heat and allow to cool. Mash.

Add the spices and egg, mixing well.

Begin to add the flour slowly, mixing while you go. The dough should be slightly sticky but should not stick to your hands. You may need to add more than the 1/2 cup of flour. 

�Heat the oil to medium. 

Begin making small balls with the potato mixture. The size is really up to you. 

Flatten each ball and dust with flour. 

Add the patties to the oil, making sure not to crowd the pan. Brown on both sides, remove from oil and drain on a paper towel.

Eat warm with your favorite condiment (harissa is tasty!) or make into a sandwich. Traditionally the ma'akouda sandwich is made on a baguette stuffed with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, olives, spicy Moroccan mustard and mayo.

Prep time: 10min

Cooking time: 5min

Moroccan spiced potato patties that are often tucked into sandwiches. Easy and nice for the lazy.

Variations:

  • None.

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Middle eastern pilaf

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1kg Bulgur
  • 500g chopped tomatoes
  • 15g Mint leaves
  • 800g Chickpeas
  • 3 Eggplant
  • 5 Bell peppers

Check at home:

  • Shit load of garlic
  • 3 Onions
  • Veg or chicken broth
  • Olive oil (for baking)
  • Ras el Hanout (to taste)
  • Cumin (to taste)
  • 1kg Skyr (or any type of yoghurt)

Variations:

  • Add chicken for gainz
  • You can replace yoghurt with feta
  • Add red pepper paste
  • Add dates (never tried but think it will work)

Easy Lebanese dish, which you can make for really cheap if you go to a middle eastern supermarket. Pilaf is originally a really basic side dish which I expanded on a little bit. Enjoy!

Author: Luuk Wijnant

Preparation: Put on the kettle for the stock. Cut the onions and garlic. Cut the bell peppers in small size and the eggplants in small slices or make thin slices along the long side to be more fancy.

Put a large pan on medium heat, throw in the onions and let it cook for a few minutes. Then after throw in the bell peppers and chopped tomatoes. Shortly after add the garlic, Ras el hanout and cumin. Mix a little and then add the bulgur. Stir well with wooden spoon and mix in with the vegetable broth, add enough so that the bulgur is slightly under the surface. Let the pan sit on low heat and put a lid on.

Now put a frying pan on with oil or butter and put the chickpeas in the eggplant. When almost ready, add some of the spices to taste.

Mix the skyr with the mint leaves for on top. There are normally a lot of spices in there, so this will mitigate the spices a little. If everything is cooked, plate up the bulgur and add the chickpeas and eggplant with the skyr on top.

Prep time: 10 min

Cooking time: 30 min

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Mushroom Ragu

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1 kg pasta (tagliatelle is best)
  • 750 g Carrots
  • 6 big Onions
  • 800 g Mushrooms (chestnut)
  • 800 g Tomatoes
  • 150 g Miso paste
  • 2 jars of Sundried tomatoes
  • 300 g Lentils
  • 1 can of Coconut milk
  • 8 cloves of Garlic
  • 30 g Dried mushrooms
  • 1 can of Tomatopuree

Check at home:

  • Soy Sauce (like 180 ml)
  • Cumin powder
  • Veggie bouillon cubes
  • Olive Oil (like 250 ml)

Variations:

  • Replace sundried tomatoes with harissa (more expensive)
  • Replace chestnut mushrooms by oyster mushrooms (more expensive, better texture)
  • Add red wine

This is my favourite veggie dish, which gets a very nice earthy flavour due to the dried mushrooms. The version here is a budget version of the original recipe, specially made for students by me!

Author: Cas Groot

Pre-heat the oven at 190°C

Cut the carrots, onion, mushrooms, garlic, tomatoes, sundried tomatoes and dried mushrooms into small pieces and put in an oven tray. Especially the dried mushrooms should be in very small pieces as otherwise their taste is very strong.

Add olive oil, miso, tomatopuree, soy sauce and some cumin powder. Mix this well and put in the oven for 40 min, mix halfway through.

Lower the temperature to 180°C and add coconut milk and lentils. Fill up with stock until covered. Cover the oven tray with aluminium foil and put in the oven for 40 minutes. In the meantime cook the pasta

Now remove the foil and bake a final 5 minutes, add seasoning if necessary.

Prep time: 30 min

Cooking time: 90 min

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Meaty

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Butter Chicken

  • 2 kg chicken thighs, chopped
  • 600g greek yogurt
  • 1.5 lemons, juiced
  • 2 tsp sambal oelek
  • 5 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1.5 Tbsp cumin powder
  • 2 Tbsp garam masala powder
  • 20 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 4 Tbsp fresh ginger, chopped
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 160g tablespoons butter, melted
  • 10 whole cloves
  • 14 green cardamom pods
  • 10cm of cinnamon stick
  • ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
  • 4 400g cans chopped tomatoes
  • 1L chicken stock
  • 2 Tbsp dried fenugreek leaves (Kasoori methi)
  • 500ml cream
  • ½ tsp ground cardamom powder
  • 1kg basmati rice to serve
  • Fresh corander, chopped
  • Naan bread to serve (optional)

Check at home:

  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Butter
  • Spices
  • Yoghurt
  • Rice

Veggie option:

Subsitute chicken for paneer cheese..

The most popular chicken curry in the world, and thankfully, unlike Heineken, the world’s most well-known beer, this curry is far from unremarkable. Known in India as murgh makhani, this beloved dish is a favourite for all the right reasons. Note: I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again, there is no substitute for time! The hour of simmering time for this curry is of paramount importance, and well worth the wait!

Author: Finn Lee

Preparation: In a large bowl, combine chicken, yoghurt, lemon juice, sambal oelek, turmeric powder, cumin powder, garam masala, chopped garlic, half of the chopped ginger, the garam masala, and the salt.

In the largest fry pan, melt butter and add the cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, fenugreek seeds. Fry for 2 minutes until you can smell the spices. Take care not to burn the butter.

Add the chicken yoghurt mix, and cook for 5 minutes.

Add the chopped tomatoes and chicken stock, stir well, turn the heat down to medium low, and simmer for 50 minutes.

While the curry is simmering, cook the rice.

Stir in the dried fenugreek leaves, cream, and ground cardamom, then cook for a further 10 minutes. Adjust the spices as desired at this stage, and the consistency of the gravy with a little water if desired.

Serve on rice with chopped coriander leaves and naan bread on the side. Namaste!

Prep time: 25

Cooking time: 60 min

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Chicken Biryani

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1.2 kg chicken breasts, cut into pieces
  • 650ml yoghurt
  • Zest of 3 bio lemons
  • 1 large Ana market bunch of coriander leaves, chopped. (Leave some to garnish)
  • 16 green cardamom pods
  • 4 bay leaves
  • 2 Tbsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1.5 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1kg basmati rice
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 Tbsp chopped ginger
  • 1 Tbsp turmeric
  • 10 whole cloves
  • 75g butter
  • 1 large bag (450g) spinach
  • 1.5 L chicken stock
  • Optional: Naan bread to serve

Check at home:

  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Butter
  • Spices
  • Yoghurt
  • Rice

Veggie option:

Look up a vegetarian biryani recipe, or substitute chicken with veges like carrots, potatoes, cauliflower, peas, or green beans.

Variations:

Not everyone likes coriander. Usually, because it is cooked the taste is not so strong anymore, however, preferably not, but if required the coriander can be left out.

This chicken Biryani is a one-pot, all-in-one, all-inclusive, carbs, vegs, gains, and taste explosion. It really is like a party in your mouth!

Author: Finn Lee

Preparation: In a large bowl, mix chicken, yoghurt, lemon zest, coriander leaves, cardamom pods, bay leaves, cumin, half of the total salt and half of the total pepper.

In another bowl, mx the rice with the remaining salt and pepper, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and cloves.

Melt butter in a thick bottomed pot that is large enough to fit all of the ingredients in it.

In the pot, layer half of the rice mix followed by the chicken yoghurt mix, the spinach, the stock, and then the remaining rice mix on top.

Cover the pot and cook on low heat for 30 minutes, or until the rice is cooked through.

You may need to stir part way through to avoid burning, but ideally avoid this by using a thick bottomed pot (good heat distribution) on a low heat. You don’t really want to have to stir, because if the milk proteins get to the bottom of the pot they will definitely stick!

To serve, stir it all together, then garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

Prep time: 25

Cooking time: 30 min

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Domoda

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1 kg Chicken Thighs
  • 1 kg Tomato
  • 1 kg Rice
  • 500 gram Carrots
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Ginger
  • 4 tbsp Peanut Butter

Check at home:

  • Tomato Paste
  • Garlic
  • Onions
  • Coriander
  • Chicken Stock

Veggie option:

Use sweet potato or pumpkin instead of the chicken thighs

Variations:

  • Add green beans or tuinbonen
  • Swap chicken thighs for beef
  • Swap carrot for sweet potato or pumpkin
  • Serve with naan

Domoda is a West-African stew based on peanuts and tomato, it can be cooked in a variety of ways using beef, chicken thighs or sweet potato. Using something to bind the sauce lowers the cooking dramatically.

Author: Cas Groot

Preparation: Cut the chicken thighs, tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic and ginger. Bring some water to a boil for the stock.

Brown the chicken in some olive oil, after some nice browning has occurred add the tomatoes and garlic. Sautee these for a few minutes and add the tomato paste and peanut butter. Now after a few minutes add the onion (Equal parts with carrots) and carrots. Now lastly add 3 stock cubes and boiling water until everything is fully submerged. Add spices (paprika powder, cayenne pepper, cumin, cinnamon). Let this simmer until the sauce is thick.

Finally, cook some rice and you are ready to serve..  

Prep time: 30 min

Cooking time: 120 min

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Poulet Yassa

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1.5 kg Chicken Thighs
  • 1 kg rice

Marinade:

  • 2 onions
  • Handful of parsley
  • Cayenne pepper
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons of mustard

Sauce:

  • 4 onions
  • 8 cloves of garlic
  • 5 bell peppers
  • Juice of 2 limes and 1 lemon
  • 4 tablespoons of mustard
  • 750ml chicken stock
  • Thyme
  • 2 bayleaf
  • 2 red peppers
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Variations:�-Serve with some sautéed spring beans to add more veggies.

Poulet Yassa is a West-African sauce served on rice that is both sweet and sour. Based on the number of chilies used you can make it as spicy as you want. 

Author: Geert Miltenburg

Preparation: Throw all the marinade ingredients in the blender and blend to a smooth taste. Cut diagonally in the chicken breast and coat and marinade in the paste. Leave it in the fridge for 2 hours or marinade overnight. 

Brown the chicken in some olive oil, after some nice browning has occurred remove the chicken from the pan.

Meanwhile, to make the sauce, heat the oil in a pan and add the onions and any leftover marinade. Cover with a lid and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often, until the onions are translucent. Remove the lid and continue cooking uncovered for another 15–20 minutes, until the onions caramelize. Add the pepper to the onions and cook for 5 minutes. Afterwards add all the remaining sauce ingredients to the pan and bring it to simmer.

Add the chicken thighs again and let them simmer for 20 minutes with the pan covered. 

Finally, serve the sauce with some rice.  

Prep time: 20 min

Cooking time: 60 min

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¿Chicken Burritos, Sí?

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 300g basmati rice
  • 1.5kg chicken thighs
  • $ Tbsp olive oil
  • 2.5 Tbsp Paprika powder
  • 2 Tbsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 8 cloves of garlic
  • 1 bunch Ana Market coriander, roughly separated into stalks and leaves then chopped (separately)
  • 3 x 400g tin of black beans
  • 3 limes
  • 12 ripe tomatoes, diced
  • 2 bunches spring onions, chopped
  • 1 iceberg lettuce, shredded
  • 24 wraps (4 packets) large flour tortillas
  • 200 g grated cheese
  • Greek yoghurt to serve
  • La Morena chipotle sauce (from Albert Heijn Mexican section)

Check at home:

  • Garlic
  • Olive oil
  • Paprika powder
  • Cumin powder
  • Spring onions

Veggie option:

Oyster mushrooms make a good substitute for chicken in this classic comida.

Based on a Jamie Oliver recipe, these burritos are great for healthy kids, especially if their name is Sunflower, or Rainbow, or Sterre. Jamie designed this meal to be made with free range chicken, however, whatever they sell at Ana Market seems to do the trick just fine…

Author: Finn Lee

Preparation: Cook the basmati rice.

Tip: measure rice by volume and then add 1.75 times that volume of cold water together in a pot, cover, bring to boil, then turn heat low until cooked.

Coat the chicken thighs in a bowl with half of the olive oil, paprika powder, cumin powder, salt, and pepper. If cooking with two people, start frying the chicken thighs on high heat in a large fry pan or two now. A bit of smoke is alright – if you come into the kitchen, you gotta be able to handle the heat!

Once chicken is cooked, slice into 1cm thick slices.

Meanwhile, in one of the largest, widest pots, fry garlic, chopped coriander stalks, and lime zest until fragrant.

Add the black beans and half of the coriander leaves to the fry pan and fry while stirring for 1 minute. Turn the heat right down, then stir in the pre-cooked basmati rice. Leave on low heat for a further five minutes.

Mix the chopped tomatoes, spring onion, and lime juice = salsa.

Soften wraps in the microwave under a damp tea-towel, then serve with grated cheese, the remaining coriander,Greek yoghurt, and the chipotle sauce. Let everyone let out their inner freestyler as they craft their own wraps so you don’t have to!

Prep time: 45 min

Cooking time: 30 min

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Tuscan Chicken

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 2 kg chicken breasts
  • 1 kg pasta of choice
  • 1 kg fresh spinach
  • 6 red bell peppers
  • 2 jars sundried tomatoes
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Turkish breads
  • 1 bottle cheap white wine
  • 500 g crème fraiche
  • 500 g Cooking cream
  • 1 block parmesan cheese

Check at home:

  • 200 g flower
  • 3 chicken stock cubes
  • 1 can tomato paste
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • 5 big yellow onions
  • Olive oil
  • Garlic powder
  • Paprika powder
  • Thyme
  • Oregano
  • Salt & pepper

Veggie option:

Vegetable stock instead of chicken stock. Start sauce from clean pan. You could add mushrooms, white beans, or zucchini to make it more interesting.

Variations:

  • Add fresh parsley on top
  • Add fresh basil on top

Pasta with lots of chicken in a thick, creamy Italian sauce. Served best with Turkish bread to put all that creamy sauce in your mouth.

Author: Roel Spierenburg

Preparation: Turn to oven on to 160 C. Dice the onions and bell pepper, mince the garlic, grate the parmesan and chop the sundried tomatoes. Butterfly chicken breasts Boil water for pasta and stock.

Mix 2 eggs in a bowl. In another bowl, add 6 tsp of flower and 1 tsp each of salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika powder, oregano, thyme. Add the chicken breasts to the egg, and then to the flower mixture. Add olive oil to a pan and fry the chicken breasts until golden. Remove the chicken from the pan onto a tray and put them in the oven for 10 min.

Boil the pasta according to package. In the meantime, the sauce is prepared. Add onion and olive oil to the chicken pan until they sweat. Add the garlic, sundried tomatoes, some oregano, paprika powder, red bell pepper and 2 tsp tomato pure. Stir for 3 min. Add 300 ml white wine and reduce for 3 min. Add 1 l chicken stock, salt and pepper. Boil and simmer for 5 min. Add the crème fraiche, cooking crème, grated parmesan cheese and the spinach to the pot. Add the chicken from the oven to the sauce and cook until finished.

To serve, Warm up Turkish bread in the oven for dipping in the sauce.

Prep time: 30 min

Cooking time: 25 min

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Easy Chicken Tikka

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 6 Tbsp Curry paste or tandoori paste
  • 6 Tbsp yoghurt
  • 1-1.5kg chicken thighs, cut into pieces.
  • Olive oil for frying, 2-3 Tbsp
  • 3 chopped onions
  • 2 Tbsp chopped ginger
  • 6-8 cloves chopped garlic
  • 5 bay leaves
  • 1.5 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1.5 tsp ground paprika
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2.5 tsp ground cumin
  • 2.5 tsp ground coriander
  • 1.5 tsp Garam masala
  • 3 tins chopped tomatoes
  • 250ml cream
  • 1-2 tsp sambal oelek
  • Fresh coriander leaves to garnish
  • 1kg basmati rice

Check at home:

  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Onions
  • All mentioned spices
  • Rice

Veggie option:

Substitute chicken with paneer cheese or egg plant.

A curry with a rich, tangy tomato-based gravy complimented by nuances of garlic and ginger that is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Remember, there is no substitute for time! The 1-hour cooking time is essential for bringing out the richness and flavour of this dish.

As a general rule, double the amount of spice when using recipes from the internet, however, in this recipe, the spice amounts should already be sufficiently “authentic”.

Author: Finn Lee

Preparation: In a large bowl, mix curry/tandoori paste and yoghurt together then stir in the chicken pieces. Leave to marinate briefly while you prepare the other ingredients.

In a small bowl, measure out all spices so that you can throw them in the pan quickly when needed.

Fry the onions, garlic, and ginger in the largest fry pan available on high heat until golden brown, stir constantly to avoid burning.

Turn the heat to medium, then add the spices while continuing to stir. If the spices smoke a lot, turn down the heat. They should start to smell roasted after about 1 minute.

Add the chicken and fry for 5 minutes.

Add the tinned tomatoes, followed by the cream and sambal oelek.

Cover the pan and allow to simmer for 1 hour, stirring intermittently to prevent burning.

Cook the rice.

Prep time: 30 min

Cooking time: 60 min

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Holy Trinity of Gainz

Ingredients for 7 preps:

  • 1 kg chicken breasts/thighs
  • 800 g basmati rice
  • 2 big broccolis

Check at home:

  • Olive oil
  • Spices
  • Stock cubes

Veggie option:

Use tofu rather than chicken. Make sure to marinade the tofu before cooking it with soy sauce.

Variations:

  • Add frozen peas to the containers. No need for cooking them since you will reheat the product.
  • Fry some onions and garlic before you add the chicken.
  • Add green beans instead of broccoli
  • Add 1/3 of a salami roll to the chicken for extra fats/salts.

Chicken, Rice, and Broccoli. The three holy ingredients for any fitboy. This recipe shows you how to make the ultimate prep meal that you will eat for the next three years. Every. Damn. Day..

Author: Roel Spierenburg

Preparation: Cut the chicken in bite size pieces and add them to a bowl. Add any spices/sauces of choice to marinade the chicken. Clean the cutting plate. Cut the broccolis (including the stems) into bite size pieces and add them to a steaming pot. Prepare a full water cooker for boiling water. 

Add the rice to a pot with some olive oil and 2 stock cubes and fry them for a minute. Add 1.5 L of boiling water to the pot and let is simmer on low heat, closed lit. Boil some more water in the cooker. In a frying pan, add some oil and fry the chicken pieces. Add some boiling water to the bottom part of the steamer pan and steam the broccoli for 5 minutes. Once you start to see the rice on top of the water, turn off the heat and close the lit for another 10 minutes. Prepare 7 Tupperware containers. Equally split the chicken first, then the broccoli and finally the rice. Let it cool down before adding the lit. Add all but one to the freezer and one in the fridge.

Once you get one from the fridge, add one from the freezer to the fridge. To reheat, put it in microwave for 3 minutes or fry them with some oil for fried rice.

Prep time: 90 min

Cooking time: 5 min

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Paella

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 500 gr frozen shrimps
  • 600 gr chicken breasts
  • 1 kg risotto/paella rice
  • 4 lemons
  • 1 kg frozen peas
  • 6 mixed bell peppers

Check at home:

  • 5 cubes of (chicken) stock
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 4 big yellow onions
  • 10 saffron sticks (optional)
  • Paprika powder
  • Olive oil

Veggie option:

Prepare a second pan. Use vegetable stock instead off chicken stock. Add fresh tomato cubes, carrots, or mushrooms instead of the meat.

Variations:

  • Add 1 chorizo sausage
  • Sea fruit mix instead of shrimps
  • Add tomato cubes
  • Add cherry tomatoes (halved)
  • Fresh parsley as garnish

A nice take on risotto that makes for a great Spanish meal in the summer. It is not that hard to make but required constant attention and stirring.

Author: Roel Spierenburg

Preparation: Cut the chicken in bite size pieces. Cut 2 lemons in half and two in slices and remove the seeds. Cut the paprika in medium small parts. Finely chop the garlic and onions. Defrost the shrimps in a bowl of warm water. Afterwards, remove the skin.

Prepare about 4 liters of water in a pan and bring it to a boil. Add the stock cubes once it boils and reduce to a simmer. Add olive oil to a big wok pan and fruit the garlic and onions until they sweat. Add the chicken and paprika powder. Once the chicken is done, add the risotto and let it fry for a minute. Slowly add the chicken stock to the pan until the risotto is done. Stir constantly, otherwise the bottom of the pan will burn. Add the bell peppers and lemon juice of the halved lemons and the saffron sticks. Add the shrimps and frozen peas to the pan. Add salt and pepper, paprika powder and lemon juice to taste.

To serve, add the lemon wedges on top of the pan to appear fancy.

Prep time: 20 min

Cooking time: 45 min

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Wraps with Barbacoa

Ingredients for 10 people:

Stew:

  • 2 kg chuck roast
  • 4 tbsp minced chipotlepeppers in adobo
  • 3 red onion
  • 10 cloves of garlic
  • 4 limes
  • Koriander

Rest:

  • Wraps
  • Pickled onion
  • Tomatoes
  • Crème Fraiche

Check at home:

  • Cloves
  • Cumin powder
  • Red wine vinegar
  • Bay leafs

Veggie option:

Making a veggie version is not advised for this. It might be possible to use certain mushrooms to create this recipe.

Variations:

As variations I would suggest adding different ingredients in the wrap.

This barbacoa is a stew where the meat false apart, combinations of spicy and sour make this a real experience. Here we put the barbacoa on wraps with some additional ingredients, an explosion of flavour.

Author: Cas Groot

Preparation: Cut the meat, onions and garlic. Add them to a pan together with the chipotlepeppers, cloves, cumin, coriander, lime juice and red wine vinegar.

Add 2 liters of chicken stock to the pan, and place in the bay leafs. Let this simmer for a few hours until you can pull apart the meat easily with a fork.

Now serve with the wraps and all its toppings.

 

Prep time: 30 min

Cooking time: 120 min

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Taiwanese beef noodle soup

�Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1500 grams of beef shank 
  • 10 tomatoes
  • 3 big carrots
  • 4 scallions
  • 3 paprikas
  • 1000 grams noodles of choice

Check at home:

  • Olive oil
  • 4 Onions
  • 6 Cloves of garlic
  • A large chunk of ginger
  • Paprika powder
  • Pepper and salt
  • Ketjap manis
  • 3 Anise cloves
  • Soy sauce
  • 3 Bay leafs�

One of my favorite winter comfort meals. It is very easy to make and adjust to your liking based on the spices and vegetables you want to use. Take into account that it needs to simmer for a long time.

Author: Geert Miltenburg

Preparation: Cut the white part of the scallions and give it a rough chop. Save the green part for the garnish. Cut the rest of the ingredients in large chunks.

Add olive oil to a big cooking pot and brown the beef shank with some salt and pepper. If the beef is brown remove it from the pot. Add the Chunks of onions, tomatoes, carrots, ginger, cloves of garlic, and the white part of the scallions to the pot. Fruit the vegetables for a few minutes on medium heat. 

In the meantime boil 3L of water. After the vegetables have cooked a bit through add the meat back in the pan with the 3L of water. Next add the soy sauce, ketjap manis, anise cloves, bayleafs and paprika powder. Make sure to use quite a bit of them to give the dish a lot of flavour. Now put the stove on high heat and wait for the soup to boil. After it is boiling cover it with a lid and set it to low heat. Let the soup simmer for about 2-3 hours or until the meat is falling apart.

Before serving cook some noodles in a pot with water and salt until they are done.

Serve the noodles on deep plates with the soup and the green scallions as garnish

Prep time: 20 min

Cooking time:  3 hours

Optional:

Stir fry some broccoli or bok choi in a wok with some sesame oil for a nice tasty garnish/side dish.

Variation:�Add some peppers to make the dish as spicy as you like. 

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Lasagne

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1 kg ground beef
  • 1 kg carrots
  • 1 celery
  • Onions
  • 1600 gram tomato cubes
  • 1 liter milk
  • 100 gram flour
  • 100 gram butter
  • 200 gram grated cheese
  • Block of parmesan

Check at home:

  • Garlic
  • Tomato Paste
  • Italian Herbs
  • Nutmeg

Veggie option:

Easiest is to use vegetarian ground beef. It is also possible to just use veggies, but make sure there is not too much liquid in the sauce.

Traditional, yet delicious. Want to make the ultimate lasagna, then follow this recipe!

Author: Cas Groot

Preparation: Mince all the vegetables. Then brown the beef in the pan with some oil. Now add all the vegetable, tomato paste and garlic/ Fry for a few minutes.

Add the tomato cubes and let simmer for a few hours. Add seasoning to taste and sugar if the sauce is too sour.

15 min before you want to build the lasagne start with making the bechamel. This is done by melting 100 grams of butter and adding 100 grams of flour. Keep this on the heat for a few minutes until the floury taste is gone. Then one by one add a bit of milk until thick, repeat this until you used about a liter of milk. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Now it’s time to build the lasagna, start by adding a layer of sauce, on top of this add the lasagna leafs. Then add bechamel on top of this and sprinkle a little bit of parmesan on here. Repeat until the oven tray is full, finally add parmesan and grated cheese on top. Put in the oven for 45 minutes or until done and enjoy!

Prep time: 45 min

Cooking time: 240 min

Variations:

  • Add more vegetables to the sauce, such as paprika, zucchini or mushrooms.

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Leo's Dad's German Spag-Bol

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 300g Spekjes (bacon pieces)
  • 5 onions, diced
  • 1 Celeriac root, peeled and diced into <1cm cubes
  • 3 Big carrots, peeled and diced into <1cm cubes
  • 1kg half-pork-half-beef mince
  • 1  small tin of tomato paste
  • 1 750ml bottle red wine
  • 375ml cream
  • 1 kg Spaghetti
  • 1 Parmisan, grated
  • Optional: Fresh basil and/or oregano to garnish

Check at home:

  • 8 Cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 beef stock cubes
  • 400ml water
  • 4 Bay (laurier) leaves
  • 1 ½ tsp Ground nutmeg
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • Ground black pepper to taste
  • Olive oil

Veggie option:

Make a tomato-based pasta sauce of another description, or run the gauntlet with veggie mince and spekjes....

This is the Spaghetti Bolognese recipe that my old flatmate Leo's Dad made when I visited them one time. A scrumptuous German twist on an old classic. Be sure to give it the full hour of cooking to allow the flavours to properly develop.

Author: Finn Lee

  1. Fry they spekjes until the fat comes out. Add onions and garlic and fry until slightly brown. 
  2. Add everything else except for cream and parmesan and stir together well. Let it simmer for 40 minutes. 
  3. Stir in the cream and simmer for a further 20 minutes. Season with additional pepper, salt, and nutmeg as desired.
  4. Cook the spaghetti in the last 15 minutes before serving. Once cooked, drain and then mix in a little extra virgin olive oil.
  5. Serve spaghetti topped with bolognese sauce sprinkled with parmesan and fresh herbs.

Prep time: 45 min

Cooking time: 60 min

Variations:

  • Use 100% beef mince and add Kalamata olives instead of spekjes to make it Halal.

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Beef Stew

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1.5 kg of blade steaks
  • 1 kg carrots
  • Onions
  • 1 celery
  • 4 of your favourite beers (preferably dark Belgian beer)
  • A slice of bread

Check at home:

  • Garlic
  • Mustard
  • Bay leafs
  • Cloves
  • Mustard

Veggie option:

You could substitute the meat with mushrooms, although I think this dish would require more alterations to taste good vegetarian.

Variations:

Easiest way to vary is to use different side, options are:

  • Mashed potatoes
  • Fries
  • Pasta
  • Spatzle

Want to make something classic, yet tasty? Then this is the dish for you, start preparing at lunch, keep on the fire during the afternoon and reap the rewards of your labour at dinnertime.

Author: Cas Groot

Preparation: Cut the unions, carrots and celery (These ingredients should be about equal in volume). Cut the blade steaks in pieces.

Add the vegetables to a well-oiled pan and fry for a few minutes. Place these in a separate bowl and fry the meat. Now add the vegetables back and add the beer, a slice of bread with mustard, the garlic and other aromatics.

Let this simmer for a few hours until the onion is fully dissolved and the stew is nice and thick.

Now serve with your preferred side.

Prep time: 30 min

Cooking time: 240 min

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Macarona bechamel

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1.5 kg Penne Pasta
  • Block of Parmesan
  • 2 bags of Mozzarella
  • 1 kg Minced Meat 
  • 0.75 kg Onions
  • 120 g Butter
  • 240 g Flour
  • 2 liters Milk

Check at home:

  • Parsley
  • Cumin
  • All spice
  • Nutmeg
  • Cinnamon 
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Laurel leaves
  • Tomato paste
  • Basil
  • Oregano

Moderately easy Egyptian dish, which you can make from simple ingredients if you go to any supermarket. The dish is eaten very often and common in any Egyptian household. Enjoy!

Author: Youchef Abdelaziz

Preparation: 

1- Preparing the meat. Cook the onions in a pan with butter add the meat, salt, black pepper, nutmeg and laurel leaves are the base, you can add other spices as you wish be creative! Options can be basil and oregano for the Italian touch. After the meat is cooked add a bit of tomato paste/sauce to give it a bit of reddish color. Tip: add a pinch of sugar for the acidity. You can also vary the dish a bit by adding vegetables of choice here, remember less is sometimes more.

2- Preparing the bechamel: Might be the trickiest step but still relatively easy, Melt butter (Tip: put a spoon of oil to avoid burning the butter) and add flour to make the roux. After you have a nice yellowish roux, add the milk until you have nice bechamel with nice consistency Tip: add the milk warm and not cold. No need for very thick bechamel as you will thicken it with cheese. Add the parmesan now, and you can add a bit of the mozzarella as well, but keep the majority for building the pan. Spices for the bechamel are salt, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon.

3- Preparing the Pasta: Very straightforward, make sure not to overcook it. Keep it slightly undercooked. Also add salt and olive oil in the cooking water.

4- In a big oven tray, cover the bottom with thin layer of bechamel, then put the pasta. Give it a nice mix so the pasta soaks up the bechamel. Layer of meat. Then another layer of pasta. Finally drench it in the remaining bechamel till covered. Garnish the top with mozzarella you can also put some in between layers.

Prep time: 50 min 

Cooking time: 20 min

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Chicken Pane

Ingredients for 1 kilo of chicken:

  • 4 eggs
  •  4 spoons Yoghurt
  • 4 big spoons Flour
  • Salt 
  • Black Pepper
  • Garlic Powder
  • Onion Powder
  • Paprika
  • Paneer mel (bread crumbs)

A typical Monday side appetizer next to the main dish (usually rice and some veggies). They are my favorite and very easy to make. You can also make it as meal prep.

Author: Youchef Abdelaziz

Preparation: 

1- Mix the batter, which is the eggs, yoghurt, flour. The exact measurements are a bit ambiguous but the goal is somewhat a thick consistency. Also mix the spices

2- Cut the chicken into thin filets as in the picture, and soak in the batter. You can do it for optimely 3 hours, less is also fine.

3- Get the chicken out and cover it in paneer mel and then pan fry or deep fry it. When pan frying make sure it is covered in the oil.

Prep time: 30 min 

Cooking time: 5 min 

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Hawawshi

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg Minced Meat
  • 1/2cup chopped Parsley
  • 2-3 sweet red Bell Peppers, finely diced
  • 2 finely diced Onions
  • 6 cloves crushed Garlic
  • 20 small or 10 large Pita breads

Spices:

  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • ¾ teaspoon allspice
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional for heat
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • A decent splash of Sweet Carolina hot sauce

This is a tasteful Egyptian street food. A meaty sandwhich full of flavour from the combination of spices, on the grill. Makes it high on the recommendation list of meals to add to the esteemed pandora cooking book

Authors: Youchef Abdelaziz & Finn Lee

Preparation: 

1- Mix the meat in a bowl with the parsley, diced paprika, onions, garlic and the spices.

2- Originally this is supposed to be made with oriental egyptian bread, but since this is hard to get here pita will suffice. You can microwave the pita bread for about half a minute to avoid it breaking. You cut it in half and open it, check picture below. Stuff the bread with a layer of the meat.

3- Put the bread with the meat in it on the grill after brushing it with oil. If it is not bbq weather one can cook it in the oven or even in a skillet, however grill is recommended.

Prep time: 30 min

Cooking time: 5 min 

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Bibimbap

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1kg Basmati rice
  • 1 kg minced meat
  • 1 kg fresh spinach leaves
  • 10 eggs
  • 500 g chestnut mushrooms
  • (500 g kimchi)
  • 1 kg carrots
  • 1 jar gochujang
  • 2 cucumbers

Check at home:

  • 6 cloves garlic
  • Sesame oil
  • Gochugaru flakes
  • Soy sauce
  • Sesame seeds

Variations:

  • Add red cabbage
  • Add bean sprouts
  • Beef strips instead of ground meat.
  • Spring onions as garnish

Think of it as a Korean, hot pokebowl! It litterally means “mixed rice”, so after you assembled your pretty plate, mix it up for awesome flavours!

Author: Roel Spierenburg

Preparation: Cut the carrot in julienne strips, the mushrooms in slices and the cucumber in cubes. Serve them in separate bowls. Add vinegar to the carrots and chili flakes to the cucumber.

Slice or grate the garlic in tiny pieces.

Boil water for the rice. Clean the rice and cook it with 2l of water.

Mix the ingredients of the sauce in a bowl.

Mix 1/8 of the sauce with the meat and cook it in a pan until done.

In another pan, add some sesame oil and cook the spinach along with the leftover garlic.

In yet another pan, cook the mushrooms with a pinch of salt and some soy sauce.

And in yet another pan (at the end) fry an egg (sunny side up) for everyone with some sesame seeds on top.

To assemble, start with a deep plate and fill the bottom with rice, then all of the veggies and meat in their own corner. Finally put the fried egg on top and top it with the sauce and some more sesame seeds.

Enjoy it with some kimchi on the side or mixed through (check the kimchi recipe in the condiments section)

Prep time: 40 min

Cooking time: 20 min

Veggie option:

Shitake mushrooms or tofu instead of meat and don’t add Kimchi.

For the sauce:

  • 80g gochujang
  • 40 g mirin
  • 10 g sesame oil
  • 40 g rice vinegar
  • 4 grated garlic cloves
  • 40 g water

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Casta

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1 kg Saucijs (Beef sausage)
  • 1.2 kg Pasta
  • 1.5 kg or 9 Paprika
  • 1 kg Tomato Cubes
  • 200 gram Mascarpone
  • 1 block of Parmesan

Check at home:

  • Curry Madras
  • Garlic
  • Olive oil

Veggie option:

Change the saucijs with zucchini, ~1 zucchini per 3 person. Make sure to season generously to create some flavour.

Variations:

  • Preferably use big pasta
  • Add some veggies

The infamous Casta dish, enjoy the sensation while cooking this amazing meal to perfection. 

Author: Cas Groot

Preparation: Cut the paprika into sizable chunks, after that remove the skin from the sausage. Divide the sausage into small meatball sized pieces. Grate the parmesan.

Cooking: Now fry the paprika on high fire with olive oil, after 15 minutes remove from the heat and put in a blender. Use the blender to turn the paprika into a sauce. 

Fry the sausage until it is golden brown, add the paprika sauce and the tomato cubes (leaving enough for the veggies, fry the zucchini while doing the sausage). Preferably simmer the sauce for as long as possible (40 minutes), however, 10 to 15 minutes will do. Season with salt, pepper and curry madras (add spices to liking). Cook the pasta to al dente while the rest of the sauce is on, make sure to cook the pasta more than 15 minutes before serving and add the pasta to the sauce. Now add the mascarpone and the parmesan to the sauce.  

Then serve and enjoy!

Prep time: 20min

Cooking time: 40 min

Tips:

  •   Use a big pan

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Creamy Cajun Chicken Orzo

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1.5kg boneless chicken
  • 3 tbsp cajun seasoning
  • 1 jar sun dried tomatoes
  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 kilo orzo
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 3 cups spinach
  • ¾ cup heavy cream

Check at home:

  • Olive oil
  • Salt
  • Butter
  • Garlic cloves
  • Parmesan cheese

Veggie option:

Replace the chicken with mushrooms., and the chicken stock with veggie stock.

Variations:

  • Use a different shape of pasta
  • Add paprika when cooking the chicken

This is a somewhat simple, certainly delicious pasta dish. It requires one pot, so clean up is minimal.

Author: Grace Iroagalachi

Preparation: Heat the oil and butter in a large pan. Fry the chicken until it browns. Add the cajun seasoning.

Add the onions, garlic, chopped sun-dried tomatoes, and tomato paste. Stir well and leave to fry for 5 minutes..

Add in the orzo and then the chicken broth. Leave to simmer. The orzo will absorb water, so you can add more if it looks dry, and the orzo is not done yet.

Add the spinach and stir till the spinach cooks.

Add the cream, and parmesan and your pasta is ready to serve.

Prep time: 30min

Cooking time: 40 min

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Lham bel berkouk

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 2Kg lamb meat 
  • ½ kg red onions
  • Dried prunes
  • Almonds
  • Bread :)

Check at home:

  • Olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper 
  • Garlic cloves 
  • Onions
  • Honey

Seasonings

  • Ras el hanout
  • Smoked paprika
  • Ginger
  • Cinamon
  • Cilantro and parsley
  • Salt 
  • Pepper

Variations:

  • Use any type of meat (veggie included)
  • Add dried apricots instead of prunes

This is a traditional moroccan lamb dish, both savory and sweet for all meet lovers ;)

Author: Yassmine

Preparation: In a pressure cooker, heat the oil until really hot.

Add half of the onion quantity, let it sizzle, then add meat on high heat, and cook till white. Season with salt and pepper.

Once it releases all its juices, add the remaining onions and seasoning (ras el hanout, smoked paprika, garlic/garlic powder, ginger powder, cilantro and parsley).

Close the pressure cooker, and check in few minutes when the onions have completely gone transparent. Then add boiling water and let it cook for an hour. Check frequently after that to see the water level and the meat is soft.

While the meat is still cooking, add boiling water to a bowl of almonds, let them soak for 5 minutes, and peal them. Take tissue paper, and dry path them.

On the side, take a saucepan, add dried prunes, butter, cinnamon, honey and water (half tap and the other sauce from the cooking meat). Let it caramelize.

Now, take the pealed and dried almonds in a pan, add cold frying oil, and let it fry in low heat.

Assemble in a plate and enjoyy :)

Prep time: 20min

Cooking time: 60 min

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Chicken Katsudon

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • At leasts 5 chicken breasts
  • 14 eggs
  • 1kg jasmine rice
  • 1 bunch spring onions, finely sliced
  • 4-5 pakchoi or 1 chinese cabbage, sliced.
  • Optional: 2-3 Tbsp Miso

Check at home:

  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Flour
  • Breadcrumbs (enough to bread all of the chicken, approx. 300g
  • 5 onions, sliced into half rings.
  • Oil for frying
  • 3 Chicken stock cubes (to make 1.5L hot liquid stock)
  • 6 Tbsp Soy sauce, add 2 Tbsp more if not using Miso.
  • 6 Tbsp Mirin (if using)
  • 2 Tbsp sugar (as halal mirin substitute)

Variations:

  • Use veggie schnitzel instead of chicken for the vegetarian option.
  • Use pork cutlets instead of chicken breasts.

This tasty Japanese dish looks like it could be straight out of an anime! The word Katsudon is derived from the Japanese words tonkatsu (for pork cutlet) and donburi (for rice bowl dish), but don't let that fool you, this halal version is just as tasty and will keep the whole crew happy!

Author: Finn Lee

  1. Cook the rice as per the instructions.
  2. Bread the chicken. Prepare a plate with some flower, another with some breadcrumbs, and a bowl with two whisked eggs in it. Butterfly the chicken breasts, i.e. slice them through the middle almost all the way through so that they are half as thin, but still attached and you can unfold them to resemble something that looks like a very macabre butterfly. Season the chicken butterflies with pepper and salt, then bread by coating in flower, dipping in egg, then coating with breadcrumbs. Add more egg as you go, ideally you should have 10 leftover eggs for the Katsudon. The chicken can now be cooked either in the oven or deep-fried. Once cooked, slice into 0.5cm thin strips. 
  3. Prepare the broth. Fry the onions in the largest pan available until just turning golden, then add the sliced pakchoi or cabbage. Sautee for 5 minutes, then add the stock cubes and 1.5L boiling water. Add the soy sauce, and either the Mirin or sugar, depending on what you are using. Add the Miso if using. Boil for 5-10 minutes, ensuring that the vegetables are well cooked. Taste and season the broth as desired. 
  4. Assemble. Whisk the remaining eggs then gently pour onto the top of the boiling broth. Sprinkle with the sliced spring onion, then top with the sliced chicken. Once the egg is cooked, serve over the rice. 

Prep time: 30min

Cooking time: 40 min

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Zuurvlees

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1.5 kg cheap, lean beef like rundersukade or ribrunderlappen
  • 225g Appelstroop
  • 225g Ontbijtkoek, crumbled.
  • 3kg frozen fries

Check at home:

  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 600+50ml vinegar
  • 15 Bay (Laurier) leaves
  • 1 tsp whole cloves (kruidnagel)
  • ½ Tbsp Juniper berries
  • ½ Tbsp Whole black pepper corns
  • Butter for frying
  • 6 Large onions, sliced into half rings
  • 600ml water
  • 1 ½ Tbsp Speculaaskruiden
  • Mayonaise for serving

Variations:

  • Serve with Belgian Mayonaise
  • Freestyle a veggie alternative using kidney beans.
  • Make your own fries or serve with extra thick "vlaamse friet"

This is one of my favourite Dutch dishes, and it was introduced to me while I was visiting Marnix in Sittard, Limboland. I've made it my own a little, but I promise it tastes just like the original and is just what you need on a cold winter's night! I like the meat pieces to stay a bit chunkier but if you prefer a more uniform sauce, just cut the meat a little smaller. A bit of trivia: zuurvlees is perhaps the oldest of all Dutch recipes,. It originates from Roman times when meat was preserved by pickling it in Vinegar!

Author: Finn Lee

  1. Marinate the meat. Cut the meat into 2.5cm blocks (or 1.5cm if you want the sauce to be more uniform). Place the meat with the salt, 600ml vinegar, bay leaves, cloves, juniper berries, and pepper corns in a large vessel which can be covered and then put in the fridge to marinate, ideally overnight. 
  2. Fry the onions in butter until golden brown in a large, thick bottomed pot, ideally a Dutch oven. 
  3. Brown the meat. Drain the meat (making sure to keep a hold of the marinade for later) and get it relatively dry. Brown the meat in a large fry pan with some butter. 
  4. Put it all together. Provided that the meat pan is not too burned, deglaze it with a little water and pour the deglaze into the onion pan. Then add the meat, marinade liquid (with spices), water, speculaaskruiden, and appelstroop. Stir together, then simmer with the lid slightly open for    2 ¼ - 3 ¼ hours.
  5. Season & Thicken. At this stage, much of the ethanoic acid from the vinegar will have evaporated, and personally I still like to taste a bit of vinegar in the zuurvlees. Hence, add the 50ml extra vinegar. Next, stir in the crumbled Ontbijtkoek. After 10 minutes or so, season with salt, appelstroop, vinegar, or speculaas kruiden. Take care not to burn it after adding the ontbijtkoek. 
  6. Fries. Deep fry and salt the fries, then serve up each plate with a hearty serving of fries, zuurvlees, and moyanaiese.

Marination: 1 day

Prep time: 30min

Cooking time: 3-4hrs

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Dad's Pot Roast with Crispy Roast Spuds

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • A great big 2kg chunk of beef
  • 1 bunch of celery, chopped 2cm long
  • 5-6 carrots, peeled and chopped 2cm long.
  • 3 kg kruimige potatoes, peeled and halved

Check at home:

  • 2 tsp cumin powder
  • 2 tsp ground coriander powder
  • 1 Tbsp Paprika powder
  • Salt
  • Ground black pepper
  • 2 onions, quartered
  • 8 cloves of garlic, cut in half.
  • 1-2 sprigs of fresh rosemary (or 1tsp dried)
  • 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme (or 1tsp dried)
  • 1 beef stock cube mixed into 500ml hot water
  • 250ml wine
  • Olive Oil
  • 1.5 Tbsp Flour

Variations:

  • Do it Halal: Substitute wine for 210ml red grape juice and 40ml vinegar.
  • Serve with mashed potatoes instead.

This is a real comfort food for me. More of a winter's dish, but a real classic of the Lee family kitchen. You'll need a large pot that can go in the oven with a lid on, ideally a Dutch oven. The crispy roast potatoes are almost always a winner.

Author: Finn Lee

  1. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C on bake.
  2. Season & Brown the beef. Mix together cumin, coriander, paprika, salt, and ground black pepper then rub it all over the beef. Brown the beef on all sides in a large enough oven safe pan (which has a lid) for all of the other ingredients. 
  3. Add the other ingredients and roast. With the browned meat in the pan, add the vegetables and herbs, then add the beef stock and wine. Pop it in the oven and roast with the lid on for 4-5 hours, until the beef is ready to fall apart. Check occasionally to ensure that there is still liquid in the pot. 
  4. Parboil the potatoes. Boil the potatoes for 10 minutes. Then drain.
  5. Shake that. Pour a generous amount of olive oil onto the potatoes, add 1 ½ tsp coarse salt, and give it all a good shake in the pot (with the lid on).
  6. Roast. Spread the potatoes out over several baking trays so they are not touching, then bang them in the oven at 200 degrees C. Roast for 30-45 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. It won't hurt the pot roast to be cooked on high heat for the last 30 minutes or so as long as there is still liquid in the pot and the lid is on. 
  7. Gravy. Take the pot out of the oven and set meat and vegetables aside. Dissolve flour in 125ml water, then whisk into the juices left in the pan. Cook over heat until it thickens. 
  8. Serve. Pull the meat apart and serve each plate with potatoes, meat, and veggies, topped-off with hot gravy.

Prep time: 1 hour

Cooking time: 4-5hrs

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bastilla

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1kg shrimps
  • 1kg calamari
  • 1kg white fish fillet
  • Fresh lemons
  • Moroccan pickled lemon
  • Harissa
  • Mushrooms (black)
  • Moroccan pickled olives
  • Filo dough
  • Glass rice noodles
  • Shredded cheese

Check at home:

  • Garlic
  • Oregano
  • Butter
  • Olive oil
  • Thijm
  • Garlic powder
  • Smoked paprika
  • Fish spice mix
  • Mustard
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Tumeric
  • Soy sauce

Variations:

  • Veggie option with favorite vegetable (?)
  • If fish is not your thing, or you like a mix of sweet and savory, there's a great chicken option (with caramelised onions and a lot of almonds )

This is a moroccan pie that uses a special though, but filo will do. It has many variations, fish, chicken, pigeon and veggie options. This one is my favorite: FISH :)) 

Author: Yassmine

  1. Start with the seasoning sauce:

In a blender, blend; 8 garlic cloves

                         1 tbs of garlic powder

                         2 tbs of chinese salt

                         3 tbs of smoked paprika

                         Pepper

                         A lot of oregano and thijm

                         1 pickeled lemon

                         1 tbs of harissa

                         Tumeric

                         1 tbs mustard

                         4 tbs of fish spice mix (+sesame oil)

                         Soy sauce

2.   In a pot, add butter an olive oil. Cook each fish separately, quick so it's not too dry. Season with a spoon of the previously made sauce. Each time, set the fish aside in a strainer, and let the water strain in a big bowl (we'll use it later;))

3.     Noodles;

Take the remaining seasoning sauce, stir it on a pan with hot oil, let the garlic cook (it gives it more flavor)

Now in a bowl of noodles. Add the fish water from the second step and boiling water Let it sit in the mixture until fully soft and soaked in the flavor (around 5 minutes)

Once softened, strain all the water, add the remaining cooked sauce, and let it strain still.

4.     Assemble;

In a big pot, add the fully strained noodles, fish, cut olives, cheese, cooked mushrooms (try it out and add whatever you feel is missing).

Take an oven trail, add filo dough in diagonal and horizontal directions, while brushing through it with melted butter and smoked paprika. Add the mixture. Close up with the remaining dough. In a preheated oven, let it cook until golden.

                         

               

Prep time: 1 hour

Cooking time: until golden

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Condiments

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Pickled Onion

Ingredients for a lot:

  • A bag of red onions
  • Vinegar

Check at home:

  • Salt
  • Sugar

These pickled onions are very easy to make, already nice after 3 hours of waiting, even better after a week. Perfect recipe to make and add to all of your favourite dishes.

Author: Cas Groot

Preparation: Cut all the onions in half circles and add the to a jar.

Fill the jar with vinegar and add a tea spoon of salt and a tablespoon of sugar. Put this in the fridge.

Now you’re basically done, grab them whenever you want. They are ready to eat within a couple of hours but will only taste better if left longer. Eat within a couple of weeks

Prep time: 10 min

Cooking time: -- min

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Kimchi

Ingredients to fill one big Tupperware container:

  • 2 Chinese cabbages
  • 1 sack of carrots
  • 2 bundles spring onions
  • 8 cm ginger root
  • 25 g Frozen dried shrimps
  • One apple (or any other fruit)

Check at home:

  • Gochugaru flakes (Korean chili flakes)
  • 100 mL Fish sauce
  • 8 cloves of garlic
  • Salt
  • Gloves/small plastic bag

Kimchi is Korean fermented cabbage that goes really well as a side dish for many Asian recipes. It is best to make it in bulk and let it develop flavour over time in the fridge.

Author: Roel Spierenburg

Preparation: Cut the Chinese cabbage in bit size pieces and put them in a large bowl. Add a great amount of salt to the cabbage and squeeze it into the cabbages. This way they release their water and ferment properly. Let them sit for 30+ min.

In the meantime, cut the carrots julienne and the spring onions in small rings.

For the paste: Add the garlic and ginger to a blender along with the dried shrimps and fish sauce, and the piece of fruit. Blend up and add to a bowl with 75g of Gochugaru flakes.

Once the cabbages have released their water, rinse them under the tap so that most of the salt disappears. Squeeze till dry. Add them to your container along with the chopped spring onions, carrots and paste. Use a sort of glove to mix everything up and coat all veggies (otherwise it stings). Press down all veggies so it is all packed together.

Let it rest in the fridge for at least 3 days. Don’t fully close the container or it might explode when it ferments! Leave some room for air to escape. It becomes better over time and can be saved up for months!

Prep time: 60 min

Cooking time: -- min

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Salsa de Tomate Fresca

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 8 ripe tomatoes, diced – choose dark red ones
  • 1 bunch spring onions, finely sliced
  • 2 Tbsp fresh coriander leaves, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp fresh oregano, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp Basil
  • 1.5 Tbsp cumin powder or even better, whole toasted cumin seeds.
  • 1.5 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 lime (juiced)
  • 1 tsp paprika powder
  • 2 Tbsp cider vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp extra vierge olijf olie
  • 2 cloves crushed garlic

Check at home:

  • Salt
  • Spices
  • Garlic
  • Cider vinegar
  • Extra Vierge Olijf Olie
  • Basil
  • Fresh Oregano
  • Attitude

¡Hola supermercado! Let’s get Spanish on it with this funky, tomatoey condiment! A tangy favourite to add to your nachos, wraps, or cereal, whatever spins your wheels! I won’t judge!

Author: Finn Lee

Preparation: Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl, mix well. Allow to rest in the fridge for at least 10 minutes.

¡Hola supermercado! You’re done now! That’s Spanish, Bitches!

Prep time: 10 min

Resting time: 10 min

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Baking

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Tiramisu

Ingredients for 6 people:

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 120 gr powdered sugar
  • 250 ml unbeaten whipped cream
  • 250 gr mascarpone
  • 1 package lady fingers
  • Strong cold coffee
  • 1 shot coffee liquor (e.g. Tia Maria or Kahlua)

Variations:

  • Just do not add the liquor if you make it for children or if someone does not want alcohol

A lovely but also heavy dessert. It has to stay in the freezer for a few hours, so start on time! You can take it out of the freezer before your main course to let it defrost a bit.

Author: Anouk Beursgens

Separate the egg whites from the yolks.

Beat the egg yolks with the powder sugar au-bain-marie until light and smooth. 

In a differnt bowl, beat the whipped cream until stiff.

Add the mascarpone to the egg yolk mixture and mix shortly with a silicone spatula. Add the whipped cream and carefully mix from bottom up until smooth.

Add the shot of coffee liquor to the cooled down strong coffee. Dip the ladyfingers quickly (1 or 2 seconds) into the coffee.

Arrange the ladyfingers in the casserole so that they cover the bottom of the casserole. Then spread half of the mascarpone cream over the ladyfingers. Add another layer of ladyfingers and then top with more mascarpone cream.

Let it rest in the freezer for about 4 hours, or in the fridge for a day. Let it defrost before serving and sprinkle with cocoa powder.

Prep time: 20 min

Freezing time: 4 hours

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Raspberry fudge blondie

Ingredients:

  • 225 gr unsalted butter
  • 360 gr light-brown sugar
  • 275 gr flour
  • 2 medium eggs
  • Vanilla sugar
  • 150 gr white chocolate
  • 125 gr frozen raspberry
  • Pinch of salt

Variations:

  • Add a different type of fruit

A white chocolate fudge-like blondie with pieces of raspberry to keep it fresh, mighty but fresh!

Author: Cas Groot

Pre-heat the oven to 210 °C. Oil a baking tray.

Melt the butter in the microwave, mix the melted butter with the sugar (both the light-brown sugar and the vanilla sugar) until smooth. Add the eggs one by one while mixing, only add the next egg after the first one is fully dissolved.

Add the flour and a pinch of salt, mix with a mixer on the lowest setting. At the end mix for 1 minute on the highest setting.

Cut the white chocolate in small pieces and add it along with the frozen raspberries to the mix. Add the mixture to the baking tray and put it in the over for 30-35 minutes.

Afterwards let the blondie cool and enjoy!

Prep time: 15 min

Baking time: 35 min

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Focaccia

Ingredients:

  • 500 gr flour
  • 10 gr Salt
  • 7 gr Dried Yeast
  • 30 ml Olive Oil
  • 340 ml Lukewarm Water
  • Snack tomatoes
  • Olives
  • Seasoning Salt

Variations:

  • Change the toppings

Easy to make bread that is a very nice snack. Does not take long to make and is very tasteful. Add your Italian charm to make the perfect focaccia.

Author: Cas Groot

Add the flour, salt and yeast into a bowl. Make sure not to pour the salt on top of the yeast as this will kill it. Mix the dry ingredients.

Now add the olive oil and water and mix until the dough starts to become less sticky (about 10 minutes). Put the dough into a well-oiled bowl and let it rise for 1 hour with a wet cloth on top.

Now oil a baking tray and stretch the dough and make little dimples. Let it rise for another hour.

Generously put olive oil over the dough (So much that you are basically frying it in the oven). Add any toppings you choose and put it in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes at 220 °C.

Prep time: 20 min

Baking time: 25 min

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Banana Bread

Ingredients:

  • 125 grams melted butter
  • 200 grams sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 60 ml milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 ripe bananas
  • 250 grams flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • a pinch of salt
  • a handful of chopped chocolate or nuts

Variations:

  • You can leave out the chocolate and/or nuts
  • 1 additional banana for the top

If you have old bananas lying around, you can turn them into this amazing banana bread. If you only have ripe bananas but still want to make this recipe, place them in the fridge for a while; they will be better for this recipe.

Author: Thijs Bianchi

Preheat the oven to 160˚C (hot-air). 

Line a 25 cm cake tin with baking paper or grease it well.

First mix the sugar with the butter and beat well. Add the eggs one by one and mix briefly.

Now stir in the milk and vanilla extract. Add the flour, baking soda and salt and stir. You don't need to whisk this for very long. When it's well mixed, it's enough.

Mash the bananas with a fork or puree them in a blender. Add to your batter and stir again until well distributed. Finally, add the chocolate and nuts.

Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake in the preheated oven for about 50-65 minutes or until a wooden skewer comes out dry.

(If you want to use the extra banana, cut it in half lengthwise and press the bulging sides into the batter).

Let it cool in the tin for 10 minutes before pouring it out and letting it cool further. Serve with a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired! Enjoy your meal!

Prep time: 10 min

Baking time: 60 min

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Thanksgiving trifle

Ingredients:

  • a layer of ladyfingers
  • a layer of jam
  • custard (made from scratch)
  • raspberries,
  • more ladyfingers
  • beef sautéed with peas and onions
  • a little more custard
  • sliced bananas
  • and whipped cream.

Variations:

  • none

An English trifle masterpiece for all sweet lovers

Author: Yass

  1. Make the custard. You’ll need 2 cups of custard.  I made this easy stirred custard recipe. (You can also use vanilla pudding mix to make 2 cups of pudding as a substitute, but the homemade custard tastes amazing!)
  2. Make the meat layer components. Meat: Stir 6 tablespoons of Nutella into 1.5 cups of unsweetened coconut (about 2 ounces).  Onions: Slice the canned, diced pears (1/4 cup) into small rectangles. Peas: Use the green part of 3 small kiwis to make “peas”. Slice the kiwi 1/4 inch thick then use a thick straw (the same way you use a cookie cutter) to make round shapes. Keep the fruit and coconut separate until you are ready to assemble the trifle.
  3. Cube pound cake. Slice the cake into 3/4 inch slices then cut each slice into six pieces.
  4. Make the jam layer. Mix 9 ounces of fresh raspberries into 1/2 cup (6 ounces) seedless raspberry fruit spread. Crush berries into the jam with the back of your spoon.

ASSEMBLE THE TRIFLE

  1. Place half of the pound cake in the bottom of a large glass trifle dish. Cover pound cake with jam.
  2. Spoon one cup of cooled custard over the jam.
  3. Top custard with 9 ounces of fresh raspberries.
  4. Layer on the remaining pound cake.

Prep time: x min

Baking time: x min

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Lemon Meringue Cake

Ingredients:

Cake:

  • 20 g Almondflower/ finely chopped skinned almonds.
  • 90g Butter
  • 50g Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 150g Flower
  • .5 tsp Salt

Lemon

  • 3 Lemons
  • 70g Sugar
  • 140g Butter
  • 3 Eggs
  • Gelatinesheet

Meringue

  • 230g Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Water
  • 4 Eggwhites
  • 1 juiced Lemon

A staple of Italian cuisine

Author: Tamme Engelbertus Boxman

  1. Make the cake. Soften the butter, add one by one the eggs, then add the flower and salt and let rest in the fridge for a night.
  2. Make the lemon. Zest 2 lemons, juice all of the three lemons. Whisk the eggs. Put the gelatinesheet in a bowl of water. Heat the sugar, juice and butter on the stove. Lower the heat, add the eggs bit by bit (Make sure that you complete dissolve them before adding the next bit, also make sure that the eggs don't get cooked). When everything has dissolved bring it to a boil and pour it into a bowl. Squish the sheet and add it together with the zest to mixture. Mix it together and put into an airtight box in the fridge overnight.

3.Make the meringue. Whisk the eggs until it becomes stiffened and foamy. Bring the sugar, water and juice to a boil and add it to the stiffened egg whites. �4. Bake the cake. At 175 C for 15-20m.

Afterwards add a layer of Lemon and put the Meringue on top.

5. Put Cake under the grill. For 1-2 minutes 

Afterwards put it into the fridge to cool down for at least an hour.

Prep time: 1 h

Baking time: 30 m

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Carrots Baked inside a Cake

Ingredients:

Cake:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ½ tsp ground cloves

  • 1 cup coarse cane sugar
  • 1 cup dark basterd sugar
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups sunflower or canola oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups peeled & coarsely grated carrots (5-6 medium carrots)

Lemon Cream Cheese Icing

  • Zest of 2 lemons
  • Juice of 2 lemons
  • 300g cream cheese (zuivelspread)
  • 60g melted butter (not hot)
  • 250g powdered sugar

Decoration

  • Deez pecan nutz

This is the carrot cake that I made for Luisa when she became a doctor, it's truly fit for a princess! If you don't have a standard measuring cup to hand, just use a medium sized coffee cup such as a Newton mug (Vo!).  An additional note: don't cheap out on the dark basterd sugar, you will taste the difference, trust fashion Finn on zis one honey!

Author: Finn Lee

  1. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees C on fan bake.
  2. Combine the dry ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, then mix together thoroughly. You can already use the electric beater to do this if you like. 
  3. Combine sugars, oil, and eggs. In an additional large mixing bowl, combine coarse sugar, dark basterd sugar, vanilla sugar, oil, and eggs, convincingly with the electric beater. 

3.Bring it all together. While continuing to mix with the electric beater, gradually add the dry ingredients to the sugar/egg/oil mix. Then add the grated carrot and mix well.�4. Bake the cake. Pour cake mix into a greased cake tin and pop it right into the oven. Check it after 45 minutes by poking right into it with a skewer. It is cooked once the skewer comes out dry. This can take a fair bit (15-20min) longer than 45 minutes depending on the cake tin. Be patient, good things come to those who wait.

5. Make the icing. Beat all of the icing ingredients together in a smaller bowl, then put it in the fridge to cool.

6. Decorate the cake. Once the cake has cooled, channel your inner Salvidor Dali and make it your own!

Prep time:  45 min

Baking time: 45-65 min

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Drinks

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Raspberry & watermelon lemonade

Ingredients for 2 people:

  • ¼ Watermelon cut in pieces, ideally deseeded
  • ¼ cup Raspberry syrup
  • 1 cup Sparkling water
  • ½ Lime, juiced
  • Ice cubes to taste
  • A handful of raspberries
  • Mint

Variation:

  • Add more syrup to make it sweeter
  • Swap out basil for mint
  • Serve with a neutral spirit like gin or vodka

How to:

Put the watermelon pieces, raspberry syrup, lime juice, raspberries, and mint in a jug and blend until smooth-ish. Add the sparkling water. Stir the mixture and adjust to taste.

Fill 2 glasses with ice cubes and serve the lemonade.

Author: Grace Iroagalachi

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Elderflower Deluxe

How to:

Put the sugar and water in a big pot, bring to heat until all sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil and add in one go all the ingredients, turn off the heat, add a lid and leave to cool down for a day.

Author: Tamme Engelbertus Boxman

Ingredients for 2 people:

  • 1 lemon, peel and slices
  • 44g citric acid
  • 92g elderflower, stems removed.
  • 39g juniper berries, squashed
  • 30g toasted almond shavings.
  • 0.75L water
  • 1.25kg sugar

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Cantaloupe & Passion fruit mimosa

Ingredients for 6 people:

  • 500g sugar
  • 500ml water
  • ¼ cup lime juice
  • 2 cups cantaloupe pieces
  • 4 ripe passionfruit
  • 1 bottle of prosecco
  • 3 cups water

Variation:

  • Use cava or champagne instead of prosecco

How to:

Boil the water and sugar together, while stirring until the water dissolves. Set aside and leave to cool.

Blend the cooled sugar water mix, the lime juice, and the cantaloupe until smooth. Thereafter, add 3 cups of cold water, and the scooped-out passion fruit. Mix well.

Fill glasses with ice, the blended mixture, and top with prosecco.

Author: Grace Iroagalachi

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Cement mixer

Ingredients:

  • 2/5 Bailey’s
  • 2/5 Lemon liquor
  • 1/5 lemon juice

Note: Best to mix in own mouth or at least add lemon juice separately.

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 shot coffee liquor e.g. Kahlua
  • 1/3 shot Bailey’s
  • 1/3 shot Orange liquor e.g. Cointreau
  • Fireworks (optional)

B-52

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Vodka Energy – Kitzo Speciaal

Ingredients:

  • 2-4 shots of Vodka, depending on how crunk you feelin’
  • 250ml can energy drink
  • Best Lil Jon voice to serve: “YayyyErRR!!!”

Ingredients:

  • 50gr of mokka, or strong filtercoffee.
  • 35-40gr of vodka
  • 15-20gr of coffee liqour
  • 20-25gr of simple syrup
  • Ice

Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake until the shaker gets frosted.

Mokka Martini

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Recipe name

Ingredients:

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Variations:

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Introduction text. Write something about the meal and what to take into account before making it. For example, is it spicy, difficult to make or does it need a day of preparation.

Author: Pietje Puk

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Baking time: xx min

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Recipe name

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1 kg something
  • 3 of this
  • 0.5 l of that

Check at home:

  • Thins like onions
  • Or garlic
  • Olive oil

Variations:

  • Add an ingredient
  • Add some of this
  • This instead of that

An intro text

Author: Pietje Puk

A full description of how to prepare the dish

Prep time: xx min

Cooking time: xx min

Remove the ones you don’t want: (and this message)

Veggie option:

If it is a meat or fish dish, what can you do/replace to make it veggie

70 of 70

Recipe name

Ingredients for 10 people:

  • 1 kg something
  • 3 of this
  • 0.5 l of that

Check at home:

  • Thins like onions
  • Or garlic
  • Olive oil

Variations:

  • Add an ingredient
  • Add some of this
  • This instead of that

An intro text

Author: Pietje Puk

A full description of how to prepare the dish

Prep time: xx min

Cooking time: xx min

Remove the ones you don’t want: (and this message)

Veggie option:

If it is a meat or fish dish, what can you do/replace to make it veggie